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Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus 


MUSICAL CHRISTMAS PLAY 
IN FOUR SCENES 


BY 

MAUD BRUNTON 


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BECKLEY-CARDY COMPANY 

CHICAGO 





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Copyright, 1922, by 
BECKLEY-CARDY COMPANY 



Printed in the United States of America 

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DEC 26 ’22 




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CHARACTERS 

[speaking parts] 


Santa Claus . Who Neglects His Christmas Duties 

Mrs. Santa Claus . The Prince’s Mother 

Fairy Queen . A Beautiful Girl 

Fairy Prince . Who Falls in Love with the Queen 

Thomas Page . The Fairy Messenger 

Billy Bundy . The Fairy Minister 

Tiny Tim . The Fairy Usher 

Flossie FixitI. Quem>s Maids 

Elf Gossip j 

[to act, sing and dance, but not to speak] 

Mary Mixit . Another of the Queen’s Maids 

Johnnie Jumpup . The Fairy Clown 

Other Fairies . As many as may he desired 


Time: Near Christmas 

Scenes: Three interiors — I, The Fairy Queen’s Palace; 
II, Home of Santa Claus; III, Home of 
Prince’s Mother; IV, Same as II. 


Time of Playing: About One and One-half Hours 














COSTUMES AND PROPERTIES 


The Queen’s costume, fan and wand 
The Queen’s bridal costume and veil 
The costume for the President’s Messenger, with long 
coat 

His costume as the Prince 
Four Boy costumes for Fairies 
Two Girl costumes as Fairies 
One Girl costume for the Elf 
Costumes for extra Fairies 

(All to be very dainty and bright colored) 

Caps for Fairies and Elf carrying their names: 
Thomas Page, Messenger 
Tiny Tim, Usher 
Billy Bundy, Minister 
Flossie Fixit, Maid 
Elf Gossip, Maid 
Marv Mixit, Maid 
Johnnie Jumpup, Clown 
Horn for Thomas Page 
Telegram for Thomas Page 
Bridal veil for Mrs. Santa Claus 
Red dress for Mrs. Santa Claus 
Usual costume for Santa Claus 
Sleigh for Santa Claus 
Reindeer for Santa Claus 

Toys, fruit, nuts, candy, tree ornaments, and gifts 

Loaded Christmas tree 

Spy glass and bells for Santa Claus 

Two pairs of stockings for chimney in Old Lady’s Home 

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COSTUMES AND PROPERTIES 


Big stockings for Santa Claus, with sign “For Santa 
Claus” 

Sign: “How Young Husbands Can Make Their Wives 
Happy” 

Big Book to paste sign on—“For My Long Lost Son” 

Couch in Santa Claus’ home 

Couch in Queen’s Palace 

Throne in Queen’s Palace 

Flowers 

Light slippers for dancing 

Santa Claus’ Home 

Fairy Queen’s Palace 

Prince’s Mother’s Home 

Bible for Billy Bundy 

Wand for Prince 

Clock for Santa Claus’ house 


THE STORY OF THE PLAY 


Santa Claus neglects his Christmas duties, for he 
has fallen in love with a beautiful girl, the Queen of 
the Fairies. The Queen also, being completely occu¬ 
pied with her consideration of Santa’s suit, neglects her 
duty of seeing that the Christmas trees, holly and tur¬ 
keys are made to grow for Christmas. 

The President of the United States sends a Messenger 
to find out what is the matter, but he cannot gain audi¬ 
ence with the Queen nor Santa. He appeals to the 
Queen’s fairy attendants to help him out. So they 
transform him into a Fairy Prince, and he seeks the 
Queen’s hand in marriage. The Queen and the Prince 
are soon so much in love that the Prince forgets to 
remind the Queen of her Christmas duties. 

The little fairies are now much puzzled, but the 
Queen’s maids, Flossie Fixit and the Elf Gossip, and 
the Fairy Messenger, Thomas Page, undertake to solve 
the problem. They must not only arouse the Queen 
to her responsibilities, but Santa as well. 

They first bring Santa to see the Queen’s response to 
the Prince’s love making, but when he is unhappy over 
it, they tell him to forget his troubles by making other 
people happy. So he goes home and sets to work prop¬ 
erly, making toys and other gifts for Christmas. 

Then the little folks wonder how they can get the 
Queen to do her part. She has told her attendants 
not to interrupt her when a guest is present except in 
a matter of life and death. 

Flossie Fixit and Thomas Page get up a telegram 

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THE STORY OF THE PLAY 


which Thomas Page hands to the Prince. It states that 
his home is on tire and that his mother will be burned 
up unless he makes haste to rescue her. The Prince 
flies to his mother. 

Flossie Fixit puts the Prince into a deep sleep. Gos¬ 
sip spreads the report that the Prince has been burned 
up in the fire. 

The Queen is so grief-stricken that they are afraid 
she will die, and Billy Bundy brings Santa Claus to 
console her. Then her old love for Santa returns, and 
she takes refuge in his comforting old arms. Finally 
she says: 

‘ ‘ I love you, Santa. I will marry you. ’’ 

So Santa Claus and the Fairy Queen are married. 
Santa Claus takes his bride home and, as it is the very 
day before Christmas, he immediately puts her to work 
making the Christmas trees, holly and turkeys grow. 
By noon all is finished and Santa Claus starts off on his 
tour, distributing gifts to all the little children in the 
world, flying first of course to the side of the world 
which is dark. He tries to get the Queen to go with 
him to help distribute the gifts, but she refuses, saying 
she has done her part of the work. Santa tells her she 
is not a very satisfactory wife for a Santa Claus. She 
smiles at him reproachfully, but will not go. Santa 
wraps the little Queen in his arms for a moment and 
then goes alone. 

The Fairy Queen grieves, thinking Santa doesn’t love 
her any more, and she says: “Oh, why did the Prince 
have to die?” 

She throws herself on the couch and finally cries 
herself to sleep. 

Billy Bundy, the Fairy Minister, says to Flossie Fixit: 
“Sister Flossie, the Queen is very unhappy. What 


THE STORY OF THE PLAY 


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can we do? What can we do? You’ve got her mar¬ 
ried to the wrong man.” 

“Where is the Prince?” asks Thomas Page. 

“The Prince is asleep,” says Flossie, “but I will 
now awaken him. ’ ’ To this end she picks up the Queen’s 
wand and waves it back and forth three times. 

The Queen, awakening, looks through Santa’s spy 
glass and sees the Prince coming back. She flies out 
of the door to meet him. 

The Elf Gossip enters, announcing that the Prince 
has arrived and the Queen has gone off with him. 
Thomas Page goes out to see what can be done about it. 

The Elf Gossip picks up the spy glass. Suddenly 
she calls Billy and Flossie to look through the spy 
glass at Santa Claus on his travels. 

He comes to an old lady all dressed in red, evidently 
intending to play Santa Claus. There are a tree and 
stockings by the chimney which Santa Claus comes down, 
and a sign: “For my long lost son.” She is alone 
and weeping. Santa comforts her and then invites her 
to go on his trip to act as Mrs. Santa Claus, as he 
needs help. She goes, and both she and Santa think 
this great fun. Elf Gossip declares Santa Claus has 
kissed the old lady. 

Meanwhile the Queen and Prince enter Santa’s home. 
The Queen says: 

“I would get a divorce, but I just can’t think of 
breaking dear old Santa’s heart. He is such a darling.” 

Santa, who (with the old lady) has returned for 
more toys, enters the door at this point, looking play¬ 
fully severe; there is a twinkle in his eye. 

The Prince falls on his knees: 

“Ah. forgive me for being here,” he says, “I have 
done the little Queen no harm.” 


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Thomas Page enters, blowing a horn. He announces: 
4 ‘The Supreme Court has ordered me to pronounce the 
Queen’s marriage null and void, because any marriage 
is illegal which takes place between a human 1 being 
and a fairy. In the Court’s judgment, Santa Claus is 
human. ” 

Billy Bundy steps forward and the Prince says to 
the Queen: “Here is the minister ready to marry us.” 

The Queen says she feels she ought to transform 
Santa into a fairy and marry him over again. The 
Prince is disconsolate. 

Santa says: “Cheer up, Prince. I don’t want to 
be transformed into a fairv. I would rather be human. 
I am going to give you to each other as my Christmas 
gift to you.” 

The Fairy Queen and the Prince rejoice. 

Santa then brings in the old lady, who is immediately 
clasped in the arms of the Prince. He says: 

‘ ‘ Oh, Mother, it seems so good to see you. ’ ’ 

The old lady murmurs: “My long lost son!” 

Santa Claus announces: ‘ ‘ The Prince’s mother is 

going to be Mrs. Santa Claus.” 

Billy Bundy approaches, and the two couples place 
themselves before him, one on each side, while he says: 
“I pronounce you husband and wife.” 

Curtain opens, revealing a handsome Christmas tree, 
with an enormous stocking marked, “For Santa Claus,” 
and from it a book on which Santa reads: “How Young 
Husbands Can Make Their Wives Happy.” 

Santa is jubilant over his stocking and the book. 
He examines the other gifts and distributes them. 

Billy Bundy says: “We should not keep Santa here 
to distribute our gifts. Half the little children in the 
world are waiting for him.” 


THE STORY OF THE PLAY 


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The reindeer drive up to the door. Santa and Mrs. 
Santa drive off, Mrs. Santa calling back: “We will 
bring some of the little children back with us.” 

All dance around the Christmas tree singing: “The 
Christmas Tree.” Santa and Mrs. Santa return, with 
a troup of little folks from the audience, to whom they 
distribute gifts. They are jovial and cordial in their 
greetings, while the Fairy Queen and the Prince are 
gracious and delightful. All the little fairies help, dis¬ 
tributing the gifts among the audience, crying: “Merry 
Christmas!” 





MUSICAL NUMBERS 


The music to all of the words, as well as the instrumental 

selections called for, will be found in the New Com¬ 
mon School Song Book,* published by Beckley- 

Cardy Co., Chicago. May be sung by chorus on the 

side or rendered as instrumental music. 

Scene I 

PAGE IN BOOK 

Christmas Bells . 69 

Holly and Mistletoe. 74 

Valentine Song . 88 

Lady Autumn. 44 

Santa Claus’ Land. 69 

Scene II 

The Happiest Christmas Day. 77 

The Owl . 42 

Scene IV 

Santa Claus Is Coming. 70 

Santa Lucia.149 

The Christmas Tree. 73 

Tunes for Verses Sung by Fairies 
Scene I 

Auld Lang Syne.148 

Scene II 

Glad Christmas Bells. 72 

* Price 70 cents postpaid. 

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MR. AND MRS. SANTA CLAUS 


MUSICAL NUMBERS 

> 

Popular phonograph records that may be substituted 

for some of the songs. 

Scene I 

Stephonie Gavotte 
Happy Days 
Missouri Waltz 
Dying Poet 

Let the Rest of the World Roll By 

Scene II 

Whispering Bells—Fox Trot 

Scene IV 

Herd Girl’s Dream 
Inner Circle Toddle 


Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus 

SCENE I 

Interior of Fairy Queen’s Palace. 

Music: “Christmas Bells.” 

Discovered, Fairy Queen, Thomas Page, Billy Bundy, 
Tiny Tim, Flossie Fixit, Elf Gossip, Extra Fairies, 
including [if desired ] Mary Mixit and Johnnie 
Jumpup 

All the Little Fairies dancing around Queen sud¬ 
denly stop as Santa Claus outside, knocks on the 

door and rings hells 

Thomas Page. I hear a knock at the door—and bells! 

Oh, it must be Santa Claus! 

All the Litle Fairies. It is, it is Santa Claus! 
Queen. Tiny Tim, let him in. 

Tiny Tim [runs to the door and opens it]. Come in, 
Santa Claus. We are very glad to see you. 

Santa Claus. How are you, Tiny Tim? May I see 
the Queen? 

Santa advances as the Queen extends her wand in 
welcome. 

Music: “Holly and Mistletoe.” 

Santa and Queen dance together. The Little Fair¬ 
ies again form ring around them and all dance. 
Queen raises her- wand, and the ring breaks. 
Queen and Santa dance out of the ring and exit 

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into the garden. The Little Fairies stop dancing , 
and curtsey “Good-bye ” A knock is heard on 
the door. 

Thomas Page. Oh, somebody else is coming 1 ! I won¬ 
der who it is this time? 

Tiny Tim ushers in a tall, dignified young man. 

Young Man [hows to them all]. I am a messenger 
from the President of the United States. 

All the Fairies. Oh, Mr. Messenger, we are so glad 
to see you. [They all shake hands with him,.] 

Young Man. What is the matter here? The little? 
children all over the world are wondering if Christmas 
is going to be late. There are no Christmas trees 
growing, no holly or turkeys. 

Thomas Page. Santa Claus is madly in love with the 
Fairy Queen, and he and the Queen have forgotten 
their Christmas duties. I propose that we break up 
this love affair. 

Billy Bundy. Why doesn’t your President, as Com¬ 
mander in Chief of the United States Army, order 
troops out to bring Santa Claus to time? 

Messenger. That’s just what I ’ll ask him to do. 

Flossie Fixit. Oh, don’t. He’s not really bad. I 
suggest that you, Mr. Messenger, allow us to trans¬ 
form you into a fairy prince, so you can win the 
Queen’s hand in marriage. When Santa Claus re¬ 
covers from the shock, he ’ll be glad enough to attend 
to his Christmas duties. 

All the Fairies. Oh, how delightful! 

Messenger. Why, have you no fairy princes already 
in fairy land? 

Thomas Page. None of them are handsome enough 
or big enough to suit the Queen. 


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Messenger. And you think I will meet those require¬ 
ments? You really want me to stay and win the 
Queen’s hand in marriage? The only problem is my 
poor old mother, who lives all alone and will wonder 
what has become of me. 

Flossie Fixit. We will look after her. 

All the Fairies [sing and dance]. 

Song 

[Air: “ Auld Lang Syne.”] 

We give you a merry welcome, young man, 

In the name of the Fairy Queen, 

We ’ll transform you to a fairy prince, 

Before your face is seen. 

We want you to love our Fairy Queen, 

And win her hand in marriage. 

You ’re handsome enough and tall enough, 

And have a dignified carriage. 

Messenger [ sings ]. 

All right, all right, I ’ll win the Queen, 

I ’ll win her love, I ’ll win her hand. 

Transform me into a fairy prince, 

The fairest in the land. 

All the Fairies [sing and dance]. 

We transform you to. a fairy prince, 

The prince of princes, handsome. 

We ’ll take you then to see the Queen, 

But first you ’ll have to dance some. 

Fairies continue dancing around Messenger a while. 


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MR. AND MRS. SANTA CLAUS 


Messenger and dances]. 

We ’ll dance and sing together, 

A fairy prince a-making, 

And then I ’ll dance with the Fairy Queen, 

Her hand and heart a-taking. 

All dance and sing, repeating this, a while. 

Thomas Page pulls off his Messenger’s long coat and 
carries it away. Flossie Fixit takes off his hat. 
Gossip puts on him a fairy prince’s hat, and Billy 
Bundy puts on him a fairy prince’s jacket. Mes¬ 
senger stands complete as a Fairy Prince. Queen 
enters. She is astonished to see the Prince. Prince 
henvs gracefully. All the Fairies bowing, exit. 
Queen graciously extends her wand to Prince. 

Prince. Lovely Queen of the Fairies, I have come to 
win you as my wife. [He kneels.] 

[Queen extends her hand. Prince takes it in his own 
and kisses it, cavalier fashion .] 

Queen [lifts him to his feet]. But I have about prom¬ 
ised to marry Santa Claus. I love him because he 
is so good. 

Prince [pleadingly]. But I am young and handsome. 
Queen. Beauty is in the eye, and old age gives wisdom. 
Prince. There is no fool like an old fool. 

Queen [smiles, but speaks earnestly], Santa Claus has 
no follies except his love for me. 

Prince. Queen of my heart, listen to me. Some day 
you will want a fairy heir to the throne. So you 
must have a fairy husband. 

Queen. Why, Santa is just a big fairy! 

Prince. I beg your pardon—Santa is not a fairy. 
Santa* Claus is human. [With this he places on her 
lips a very tender kiss. That kiss has magic power.] 


MR. AND MRS. SANTA CLAUS 


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Music: ‘‘ Valentine Song. ’’ 

Queen’s breast heaves with delight and the spirit of 
youth and an almost childish happiness takes pos¬ 
session of her. Queen and Prince dance out of 
the room into the garden. 

Gossip enters with old Santa. She takes him where 
he can look into the garden. Santa Claus looks 
much surprised and disappointed. 

Gossip. Aw! Forget it! 

Santa Claus. I suppose love making belongs to youth 
and to fairies, but not to saints. 

Flossie Fixit [entering]. Forget your troubles by 
making other people happy. All the little children 
in the world are looking to you for a beautiful Christ¬ 
mas. 

Santa Claus [bravely]. That’s so. I had forgotten. 
I will go right home now where I belong and get the 
toys and things ready. [Exit.] 

Billy Bundy [entering]. Now that you have got Santa 
Claus down to business, what will you do to get the 
Queen to do her part? She told us never to inter¬ 
rupt her when a guest is present unless it is a matter 
of life and death. 

Flossie Fixit. I ’ll show you. [Exit.] 

[Returns with Thomas Page, a telegram in his hand.] 

Prince and Queen enter, much absorbed in each 
other. Thomas Page hands telegram to Prince. 

Prince [reads aloud the telegram]. “Come quickly. 
The house is on fire. I will be burned up if you do 
not rescue me. Mother.” 

Queen. You must fly—at once! 

Prince. Oh, my poor Mother! [Gazing into the face 
of the Queen.] But how can I leave you? 


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Queen. Yon must—and quickly! 

Exit Prince hurriedly, waving “Good-bye” to Queen. 

Queen. Let all the fairies go with him and help him 
put out the fire except Flossie Fixit, Billy Bundy 
and Thomas Page. 

Fairies exit, Mary Mixit and Johnnie Jumpup lead¬ 
ing. Queen becomes absorbed in thought and does 
not see Santa Claus enter and, unobserved, exit 
dolefully. 

Santa Claus [at doorway to Flossie Fixit]. Her 
thoughts are with the Prince. We dare not disturb 
her. I have the toys and gifts all ready, but how 
are we to get the Queen to make the trees and holly 
and turkeys grow? 

Flossie Fixit. Leave it to us. 

Santa Claus exit. 

Gossip [at doorway, to Flossie]. I will tell everybody 
the Prince was burned up in the fire. 

Flossie Fixit. Don’t let Santa Claus know. He won’t 
be a party to any mischief. 

Gossip exit and re-enter, talking in low voice to Flos¬ 
sie. Queen anxiously awaits the Prince’s return. 
Goes to the door, watching for him. 

Flossie Fixit [with Gossip walks across the room to 
where the Queen has been standing. She picks up 
the Queen’s wand and waves it back and forth three 
times, saying] . This will put the Prince into a deep 
sleep. 

Queen [seeing Gossip and Flossie Fixit talking]. 
What are you people talking about? Have you had 
any news about the Prince? [Flossie Fixit appears 
afraid to tell.] 

Queen. Tell me. 


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Flossie Fixit. I hear he was burned up in the fire 
and all the little fairies who went with him. 

Queen. Billy Bundy and Thomas Page, find out if this 
is true. 

Billy Bundy and Thomas Page exit and reappear a 

few moments later. 

Billy Bundy. I cannot find out where the Prince lives, 
but everybody says he and the fairies who went with 
him were all burned up in the fire. 

Thomas Page. We have searched everywhere and all 
we hear is that he was burned up in the fire. 

[Queen, in despair, weeps, wringing her hands. Peers 
out of the window, then leans her head sobbing on 
the window casement.] 

Billy Bundy [aside to Flossie Fixit]. This is no joke. 
What have you done? The poor Queen may die or 
go mad. If that is a false report, the one who started 
the lie deserves himself to be burned up in the fire. 
Lying is never right. 

Thomas Page. It is only a proof of our stupidity. 

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Music: “Lady Autumn.” 

Billy Bundy [exit and soon returns with Santa Claus, 
whom he ushers up to the Queen]. Santa Claus, we 
are afraid the Queen will die. Won’t you try to 
comfort her? 

Santa Claus lays a gentle hand on the Queen’s 
shoulder. Shows her the greatest sympathy. 

Queen [takes refuge in Santa’s comforting old arms. 
She says finally]. I love you, Santa. I will marry 
you. 

Music: “Santa Claus Land.” 
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SCENE II 


Interior of Santa Claus’ Home. Two months later. 

Discovered at the door Flossie Fixit and Gossip, sing¬ 
ing and dancing. 

\ 

Song 

Air: '“Glad Christmas Bells.” 

Oh, wedding bells, oh wedding bells, 

I hear across the lea, x 

For Santa Claus and the Fairy Queen 
Are married, you shall see. 

Oh, wedding bells, oh wedding bells, 

Peel on, peel on, and ring! 

For Santa Claus the Fairy Queen 
To his home he soon will bring. 

Oh ! here they are! Oh ! here they are ! 

They dance and sing, they dance and sing; 

For Santa Claus to his fairy bride 
Has given the marriage ring. 

[Exit.] 

Santa Claus and the Fairy Queen, dancing and 
smiling, enter. 

Queen [seeing toys everywhere, remarks playfully]. 

Such housekeeping! Just like an old bachelor! 
Santa Claus [hurriedly clears the place up, then hands 
the Queen his spy glass and she looks through]. 
See all the little children looking for Santa Claus. 
And see, they have no Christmas trees, holly, or tur- 

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keys. Won’t you make these things grow right away? 
The candies, toys and other gifts are all ready. 
Queen [playfully]. I’m kind of tired. I’ve only been 
married one hour, and you want to put me to work. 
Santa Claus. But it’s the very day before Christmas, 
and nothing ready. 

Queen. I can see you are going to be a very bossy 
husband. Did I promise to obey? 

Santa Claus [merrily]. You did. 

Fairy Queen raises her wand. Flossie Fixit, Billy 
Bundy and Thomas Page enter. 

Queen. Produce the Christmas trees, the holly and 
turkeys. 

Flossie, Billy and Thomas exit, curtseying and very 
happy at receiving this order at last. 

Music: “The Happiest Christmas Day.” 

Queen keeps time to the music with her wand. 
Santa Claus busies himself gathering toys together 
and doing up bundles. Finally points to the clock, 
as music ceases. It is noon. 

Queen waves her wand. 

Flossie, Billy and Thomas enter. 

Sleigh and reindeer appear at door at the same time. 

Billy Bundy. We have it all done. 

Santa Claus [gathering up his bundles, hurries to the 
door and speaks jovially ]. Come, Mrs. Santa, we must 
now distribute the gifts. 

Queen [sweetly]. I have done my part. 

Santa Claus [stands dumbfounded a moment]. The 
time is so short now. I cannot distribute all the gifts 
in time without your help. 

[Queen is resolute and will not go.] 


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MR. AND MRS. SANTA CLAUS 


Santa Claus [starts regretfully for his sleigh. Coming 
back, playfully]. You are not a very satisfactory 
wife for a Santa Claus. [Queen looks reproachfully 
at him.] 

Santa Claus gathers the little Queen in his arms 
for a moment, then exit. Enters sleigh and rein¬ 
deer prances off, bells ringing. 

Queen [throwing herself upon the couch, gracefully, 
but sadly]. I don’t believe Santa Claus loves me 
any more. Oh, why did the Prince have to die? 
[She weeps. Presently she falls asleep.] 

Flossie Fixit [to Billy Bundy and Thomas Page]. 

Step softly. The Queen is asleep. 

Billy Bundy. Sister Flossie, the Queen is very un¬ 
happy. You’ve got her married to the wrong man. 
What can we do? What can we do? 

Flossie Fixit. W T hy, it was n’t I who did that. It was 
you. 

[Billy Bundy smiles in spite of himself.] 

Thomas Page. Tell us the truth about the Prince. 
Flossie Fixit. He has been asleep. But I ’ll awaken 
him now. [Picks up Queen’s wand and waves it 
slowly back and forth three times.] 

Thomas Page. Why did you not awaken him before? 
Flossie Fixit. I could not get hold of the Queen’s 
wand. 

Billy Bundy [apprehensively]. It will only make mat¬ 
ters worse now. 

Queen awakens. Flossie drops wand hurriedly. 

Queen [notices Santa’s spy glass, picks it up, and looks 
through it]. Oh, the Prince is coming! Am I dream¬ 
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Prince! [SA# drops the spy glass, and runs out of 
the door to meet the Prince.] 

Music: “The Owl.” 

Gossip [enters]. Did you hear the news? The Prince 
has returned, and the Queen has gone off with him. 
[Flossie smiles.] 

Billy Bundy [to Flossie]. I suppose now there will 
be a scandal and a divorce. 

Flossie Fixit. Well, we have got the Christmas things 
all made, and the little children all over the world 
will be happy. 

Thomas Page. But w r e must find a way to make the 
Fairy Queen happy, too, or she will die, and the 
little children w T on’t have any Christmas trees, holly 
or turkeys next year. 

Gossip [playfully] . Why didn’t some of you goody y 
goody, wise people frame up a scheme that would 
have helped the children out without making the 
Queen suffer? 

Billy Bundy. We would have done so in time. 

Flossie Fixit. But there wasn’t any time to lose. 
You ’ll see. It will come out all right. 

Thomas Page. I ’ll have to see what can be done to 
make it come out right, I shall see the Fairy Judge 
of the Supreme Court. 

•v 

Billy Bundy [horrified]. That means a divorce! 

Gossip [looking through spy glass]. Look here, every¬ 
body. 

Santa Claus in his travels, as seen through the glass, 
coming dozen a certain chimney, fizids an old lady 
dressed all in red. She evidently intends to play 
Mrs. Santa Claus. There is a tree, and stockings 


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by the fireplace, and Santa Claus reads a sign: 

FOR MY LONG LOST SON. 

The old lady is crying. 

Billy and Flossie clamor to have a look through 
the glass. 

Curtain opens in the direction in which the spy glass 
is pointing, showing scene described (Scene III). 


SCENE III 


Interior of Home of Old Lady. 

Discovered: Santa Claus and the Old Lady. 

Santa Claus [who has just come down the chimney ]. 
Ho ! Ho ! What’s this ? Crying ? At Christmas 
time ? 

Old Lady [sobs]. Oh, I didn’t think you were coming* 
at all; it got so late. So I thought I would play 
Mrs. Santa Claus. But my only son is away. So 
what’s the use? I thought surely he would come 
home for Christmas. 

Santa Claus [puts his arm about her]. Never mind. 
You come along with me. I need a Mrs. Santa Claus 
to help me distribute the gifts. Perhaps we ’ll come 

across your son in our travels. 

*/ • 

Santa Claus and Old Lady exit joyously and enter- 
sleigh at door. 

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SCENE IV 






Interior of Santa Claus’ Home. 

Music: u Santa Claus Is Coming.” 

Discovered: Billy Bundy, Flossie Fixit and Gossip. 

Billy Bundy [looking through the spy glass]. Oh, 
they are having such a lovely time as they enter the 
different houses and distribute the gifts! The old 
lady makes a real good Mrs. Santa Claus. 

Flossie Fixit [looking through]. They have used up. 
all the gifts now and are coming home for more. 

Gossip [taking the glass and looking through]. Oh, 
he has kissed her! Isn’t that dreadful? But I guess 
the little Fairy Queen won’t care, now that the Prince 
has come back. 

Billy Bundy [taking the glass]. Let me see. I don’t 
believe he kissed her at all. He wouldn’t do such 
a thing. It is very wrong to think bad things about 
people which never happen. [Flossie and Gossip 
laugh.] s 

Billy Bundy. Hush, they have reached home. 

Santa Claus [enters, with the Old Lady]. Where is 
the Fairy Queen? 

Gossip. The Fairy Prince has returned, and the Queen 
has gone off with him. 

Old Lady. It’s too bad. Do you intend to get a 
divorce ? 

Santa Claus. I would like to, but I am too tender 
hearted. I must protect the Queen from the scandal¬ 
mongers. 

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29 


Flossie Fixit [looking through window]. Oh, the 
Queen and the Prince are coming! 

Old Lady [looking through window]. There is my long 
lost son. 

Santa Claus. Let ’s hide, just for fun. 

Santa Claus and the Old Lady exit behind curtain. 
Queen and Prince enter. 

Queen. I would get a divorce, but I just can’t think 
of breaking dear old Santa’s heart. He is such a 
darling! 

Santa Claus enters at door, pretends to look very se¬ 
vere , but there is a twinkle in his eye. 

Prince [falling on his knees]. Oh, forgive me for being 
here. I have done the little Queen no harm. 
Thomas Page [in triumphant spirit, enters, blowing a 
horn]. The Supreme Court has ordered me to pro¬ 
nounce the Queen’s marriage null and void, because 
any marriage is illegal which takes place between a 
human being and a fairy. In the court’s judgment 
Santa Claus is human. 

[Billy Bundy steps up to the Prince.] 

Prince. Here is the minister ready to marry us. 
Queen. I believe I ought to transform Santa into a 
fairy and marry him over again. [Prince shows greafi 
disappointment.] 

Santa Claus. Cheer up, Prince. I don’t want to be 
transformed into a fairy. I would rather be human. 
I am going to give you to each other as my Christmas 
gift to you. 

[Queen, kneeling, kisses Santa’s hand gratefully. 
Santa Claus lifts her to her feet, and places her 
hand in the hand of the Prince, then brings into 


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the room the Old Lady, who is immediately clasped 
in the arms of her son, the Prince.] 

Prince. Oh, mother, it. seems so good to see you! 

Old Lady. My long lost son! 

Santa Claus. The Prince’s mother is going to be Mrs. 
Santa Claus. 

All the Little Fairies [including those supposedly 
burned up in the fire entering, clap their hands]. 
Let’s have a double wedding! 

Music: “Santa Lucia.” 

[Gossip and Flossie Fixit put wedding veils on the 
Old Lady and the Queen. Queen and Prince 
stand to the left facing Billy Bundy. Santa and 
Old Lady stand to the right facing Billy Bundy.] 

Billy Bundy [solemnly, open Bible in hand]. I pro¬ 
nounce you husband and wife. 

Curtain opens , showing handsome Christmas tree. 
Santa Claus discovers an enormous stocking 
marked: “For Santa Claus,” and a big book from 
which he reads: “How Young Husbands Can Make 
Their Wives Happy.” He bows his thank's, grin¬ 
ning broadly, examines other gifts on the tree and 
distributes them. The Fairies are delighted with 
their gifts. 

Billy Bundy. Oh, we shouldn’t keep Santa Claus 
here to distribute our gifts. Half the little children 
in the world are waiting for him. 

The reindeer drives up to the door. 

Mr. and Mrs. Santa [hurriedly enter the sleigh and 
drive off, waving gayly and shouting]. Good-bye! 

[Fairy Queen and Prince wave in reply, raising their 
wands.] 


MR. AND MRS. SANTA CLAUS 


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Fairy Queen. We will destroy the illusion of time so 
the little children won’t know it is so late. 

Santa Claus [calling back]. Even so, I am afraid 
some of them will have to have their gifts on Christ¬ 
mas Dav instead of Christmas Eve. 

Mrs. Santa Claus [calling back]. We will bring some 
of the little children back with us. 

Music: “The Christmas Tree.” 

All the Fairies, Prince and Queen leading, dance 
around the Christmas tree, singing. 

Mr. and Mrs. Santa enter, with a crowd of children 
from the audience. They are very cordial and 
jovial as they distribute gifts to youngsters. 

All the Little Fairies [help distribute gifts, shout¬ 
ing] . Merry Christmas! 

Fairy Queen and Prince shake hands with every¬ 
body. They are gracious and delightful. 


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